Clothes pole and cap therefor



F. J. HYDE Sept, 21, 1948.

CLOTHES POLE AND CAP THEREFOR Filed Aug. 50. 1946 Patented Sept. 21,1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clothes pole and cap therefor.

A primary object of this invention is the provision of a clothes pole ofimproved design characterized by a cap which will prevent the ingress ofwater into the interior of the tubular pole, and consequent rustingthereof.

An additional object of the invention is the provision of an improvedhook on such a cap adapted to facilitate the supporting of clothes linesfrom the device.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a cap andclothes pole which may be readily assembled, and which will be reliableand efficient in use and relatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture.

Still other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outas the description of the invention proceeds, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein there is disclosed a preferred embodimentof this inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view, partially in section and partially inelevation, certain parts thereof being broken away, disclosing one formof the instant invention.

Figure 2 i a view taken substantially at right angles to Figure 1,partially broken away.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring now to the drawings, the pole of the instant invention,generally indicated at I0, is preferably of tubular construction, andmay be formed of metal or other suitable material. The upper extremityof the pole I is threaded, as at H, to accommodate correspondinginternal threads l2 on a cap member generally indicated. at I3. The capmember l3 includes a top closure portion I4 and a flange I5 about thebase thereof, the flange being provided with indentations IE on oppositesides thereof to accommodate hooks generally indicated at H. The twooppositely disposed hooks H are preferably formed from a single blank ofheavy wire or similar material and include a transverse portion l8extending across the top M of the cap and two oppositely disposeddownwardly depending shank portions H! which extend through theindentations of channels 3 in such manner as to conform to the exteriorconfiguration of the cap.

It may here be pointed out that the cap is, of necessity, of greaterexternal diameter than the diameter of the pipe or pole l0, and hencethe depending shank portions 19 are seated outwardly a slight distancefrom the pole. The space thus formed between the portions I9 and pole Ipermlts the latter to be hung on a clothes line, not shown, when thepole is not needed to prop up the clothes line.

The depending shank portions l9 terminate in outwardly flared oppositelydisposed loops 20, the interior of the loops forming seats for a clothesline or the like, which loops extend into upwardly and inwardly inclinedhook portions 2| which terminate in outwardly flared guide portions 22at a point substantiall adjacent the top of the transverse portion I8,The outwardly flared guide portions serve to facilitate the insertion ofa clothes line or the like into the loops formed within the bends 20,while the inwardly inclined hook portions 2! serve through the naturalresiliency of the wire or the like to provide a restricted portion ofthe hook which precludes accidental disengagement of the clothes line.

From the foregoing it will now be seen that there is herein provided animproved clothes prop which may be readily manufactured of piping orsimilar material, provided with a cap which precludes the ingress ofmoisture into the end of the pole, which cap is provided withhook-shaped portions designed to hold and support the clothes line witha minimum of effort and difiiculty.

Obviously, the lower extremity 25 of the pole may be constructed in anydesired manner, and may be left open, or closed with a. cap or plug, orprovided with a suitable pointed tip or other device as may be necessaryor desirable.

It will also be seen that there is herein provided a novel device whichaccomplishes all the objects of this invention, and others, includingmany advantages of great practical utility and commercial importance.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as manymodifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown anddescribed, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to beinterpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Iclaim:

1. In a cap for a clothes pole including an inverted cup-shaped member,said member having a bottom and a substantially cylindrical side wallterminating in a free edge, means mounting said member on one end of aclothes pole, with said side wall concentrically disposed about saidclothes pole; the improvement comprising at least one hook member, saidhook member including a substantially straight portion extendinglongitudinally of said pole and secured to said cupshaped member, saidportion extending downwardly of said side wall of said member inlaterally-spaced relation to said pole, a laterally-directed loop formedon the lower end of said portion. and an upwardly-directed portion ofsaid hook extending upwardly from the outer end of said loop inlaterally-spaced relation to said firstnamed portion of said hook.

2. In a cap for a. clothes pole, including an inverted cup-shaped memberincluding a closed end and a substantially cylindrical side wallterminating in a free edge, and means mounting said member on one end ofa clothes pole with said side wall concentrically disposed about saidpole; the improvement comprising a radially outwardlydirected flangeformed on said free edge of said member, said flange being formed withat least one longitudinally-extendin groove therethrough, at least oneclothes line-engaging hook, said hook including a substantially straightshank portion, means mounting said portion on said cap, said shankportion including a lower end extending through said groove anddownwardly along said pole in laterally-spaced relation thereto, saidlower end terminating in a laterally-directed loop, said loopterminating in an upwardly-directed hook portion, said hook portionbeing laterally spaced from said shank portion and inwardly inclinedthereto.

FRANK JOHN HYDE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Brorb-y Mar. 20, 1934 Berg Feb. 18, 1906Epler Feb. 11, 1941 Number Certificate of Correction Patent No.2,499,778 March 7, 1950 MARY L. QUAIFE It is hereby certified thaterrors appear in the printed specification of the above numbered patentrequiring correction as follows:

Column 4, line 30, for hydogenetion read hydrogenation; column 6, line16, for of before catalyst read the;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these correctionstherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Office.

' Signed and sealed this 20th day of June, A. D. 1950.

THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Gammissz'oner of Patents.

1. AS A NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER A CHEMICAL COMPOUND OF THE STRUCTURE